Accounting and Finance Department

There are two programmes in the department. B.Sc Accounting and B.Sc Banking and Finance. The Accounting Programme of the Department of Accounting and Finance of Elizade University is an Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) and ACCA accredited department /programme and an Institutional Member of The Nigerian Accounting Association (NAA). A unique department that has a programme that takes care of current happenings and events in the field of accountancy profession globally. The four or three-year programme seeks to combine an overall grounding in courses which are at the core of the modern banking and finance as well as help to know and understand the application of both quantitative and qualitative tools in handling challenging issues in corporate organizations in Nigeria with its relevance to global standard. Practically, the contents of the banking and finance and curriculum draw largely from professional bodies both locally and internationally. The curriculum embraces the contents and structure of the training contents of Chartered Institute of Stock Brokers (CIS), Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Chartered Institute of Finance and Control of Nigeria (CIFCN), Certified Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Management (FRM), Chartered Institute of Security and Investments (CISI) and others. It is expected that students have both academic and professional skills to tackle organizational problems after a rigorous training for the stipulated period. Similarly, the University management signed MOU with the CIBN- Linkage Programme with the aim of producing candidates who are able to display intellectual rigour and maintain environmental relevance in the banking and finance frontier. Finally, the department offers to students, accountancy training that enables them think and act strategically and professionally for careers with accounting firms, commercial and industrial businesses, government agencies, non-profit making institutions and other organisations both locally and internationally.